 "Chess (#1158)")
The Fide Ethics Committee will reportedly take its time ruling on the complaint against Koneru Humpy from the All India Chess Federation. It will debate the admissability of the complaint and, assuming that it is deemed admissible, the Committee will listen to both versions before ruling.
Meantime, the 22-year-old Ding Liren, who was also Magnus Carlen's "secret second" for a while, has won a match 3-1 against the 47-year-old Boris Gelfand. Gelfand (Elo 2751) was marginally higher-rated than Ding (2749). The match was held in the city of Wenzhou. Gelfand was repeatedly in severe time trouble during the match. The first two games were drawn before Ding won games 3 and 4. The Chinese GM's rating climbs to 2759, which puts him at #11.
The Biel Festival is on with the top section featuring a six player round robin including Michael Adams, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, David Navarra, Pavel Eljanov and Richard Rapport. After two rounds, Adams leads with 1.5, Eljanov on 0.5 at the other end. The other four are on 1 each.
The Lake Sevan tournament in Armenia featured 10 young GMs in a round robin. Jan Krzysztof Duda won with a score of 6 points from 9 games and David Anton Gujarro (5.5) finished second. Vidit Gujrathi (5) tied for 3-5th with Ter-Sahakyan Samvel and Vladislav Artemiev. But Vidit will probably remember this event for a horrific mistake: he allowed mate in 1 from an advantageous position, while suffering no time pressure whatsoever.
The flamboyant Walter Browne passed away in late June, dying in his sleep aged 66. Chess player, poker player, game inventor, steak and wine aficionado, and all-round fun guy, GM Browne played a few Olympiads for Australia, and several more for the US. He was a famous blitz specialist and in the early 70s, he was considered a potential title contender. Sadly, he never quite fulfilled that promise. He did however, play many stunning games and remained a classy competitor till the end.
The Diagram, WHITE TO PLAY, (White: Browne,Walter Vs Black: Bisguier Arthur, US Championships 1974) illustrates Brown's imagination and courage. He thought for 45 minutes here in a position that had been known since the 1930s. The obvious 14. Bg5 f6 15. Qe3 Qd7 is about equal.
Browne found 14.Bh6!! Rg8 One point is 14.- gh6 15. Re5 Qd7 16. Rae1 Be6 17. d5! cxd5 18. Rxe6. Play continued 15.Re5 Qd7 16.Rae1 Be6 White sustained the momentum with 17.Ng5! 0-0-0 18.Nxf7! Bxf7 19.Rxe7 Qxd4 20.Rxf7 Qxc3 21.bxc3 gxh6 22.Rb1 Rg5. The rook ending is easy. The kingside passers roll after 23.h4 Rb5 24.Rxb5 cxb5 25.Rxh7 Rd1+ 26.Kh2 Rd2 27.Rxh6 Rxa2 28.h5 Rxf2 29.Rh8+ Kc7 30.h6 Kb6 (1-0, 40 moves).
Meantime, the 22-year-old Ding Liren, who was also Magnus Carlen's "secret second" for a while, has won a match 3-1 against the 47-year-old Boris Gelfand. Gelfand (Elo 2751) was marginally higher-rated than Ding (2749). The match was held in the city of Wenzhou. Gelfand was repeatedly in severe time trouble during the match. The first two games were drawn before Ding won games 3 and 4. The Chinese GM's rating climbs to 2759, which puts him at #11.
The Biel Festival is on with the top section featuring a six player round robin including Michael Adams, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, David Navarra, Pavel Eljanov and Richard Rapport. After two rounds, Adams leads with 1.5, Eljanov on 0.5 at the other end. The other four are on 1 each.
The Lake Sevan tournament in Armenia featured 10 young GMs in a round robin. Jan Krzysztof Duda won with a score of 6 points from 9 games and David Anton Gujarro (5.5) finished second. Vidit Gujrathi (5) tied for 3-5th with Ter-Sahakyan Samvel and Vladislav Artemiev. But Vidit will probably remember this event for a horrific mistake: he allowed mate in 1 from an advantageous position, while suffering no time pressure whatsoever.
The flamboyant Walter Browne passed away in late June, dying in his sleep aged 66. Chess player, poker player, game inventor, steak and wine aficionado, and all-round fun guy, GM Browne played a few Olympiads for Australia, and several more for the US. He was a famous blitz specialist and in the early 70s, he was considered a potential title contender. Sadly, he never quite fulfilled that promise. He did however, play many stunning games and remained a classy competitor till the end.
The Diagram, WHITE TO PLAY, (White: Browne,Walter Vs Black: Bisguier Arthur, US Championships 1974) illustrates Brown's imagination and courage. He thought for 45 minutes here in a position that had been known since the 1930s. The obvious 14. Bg5 f6 15. Qe3 Qd7 is about equal.
Browne found 14.Bh6!! Rg8 One point is 14.- gh6 15. Re5 Qd7 16. Rae1 Be6 17. d5! cxd5 18. Rxe6. Play continued 15.Re5 Qd7 16.Rae1 Be6 White sustained the momentum with 17.Ng5! 0-0-0 18.Nxf7! Bxf7 19.Rxe7 Qxd4 20.Rxf7 Qxc3 21.bxc3 gxh6 22.Rb1 Rg5. The rook ending is easy. The kingside passers roll after 23.h4 Rb5 24.Rxb5 cxb5 25.Rxh7 Rd1+ 26.Kh2 Rd2 27.Rxh6 Rxa2 28.h5 Rxf2 29.Rh8+ Kc7 30.h6 Kb6 (1-0, 40 moves).
Devangshu Datta is an internationally rated chess and correspondence chess player